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Age of the Amazon River estimated at 11 million years

Mongabay.com 8 Jul 2009

Tiny monkey species discovered in the Amazon rainforest

Mongabay.com 7 Jul 2009

Brazil’s development bank to require beef-tracking system to avoid illegal Amazon deforestation

Rhett Ayers Butler 1 Jul 2009

NASA images show huge drop in Amazon fires in 2008

Rhett Ayers Butler 30 Jun 2009

Brazil’s minister of ideas, nemesis of former environmental minister, resigns

Mongabay.com 29 Jun 2009

Tesco responds to allegations of causing Amazon deforestation

Jeremy Hance 29 Jun 2009

Brazil approves land tenure law that grants 260,000 sq mi of rainforest to settlers, speculators

Mongabay.com 29 Jun 2009

Brazilian cattle giant declares moratorium on Amazon deforestation

Rhett Ayers Butler 25 Jun 2009

Brazilian miner Vale signs $500M palm oil deal in the Amazon

Rhett Ayers Butler 25 Jun 2009

Amazon deforestation in 2009 declines to lowest on record

Rhett Ayers Butler 22 Jun 2009

Brazil to pay farmers $50/month to plant trees in the Amazon

Mongabay.com 22 Jun 2009

Peru revokes decrees that sparked Amazon Indian uprising

Rhett Ayers Butler 19 Jun 2009

Cattle giant JBS facing corruption probe

Mongabay.com 17 Jun 2009

Amazon could lose 60% of forest without triggering catastrophic die-off, claims new study

Mongabay.com 16 Jun 2009

Photos: treasure trove of new species discovered in Ecuador

Jeremy Hance 16 Jun 2009

Peru suspends decree that triggered bloody conflict between Indians and police

Mongabay.com 11 Jun 2009

Amazon deforestation doesn’t make communities richer, better educated, or healthier

Rhett Ayers Butler 11 Jun 2009

Brazil to sanction illegal colonization in 230,000 sq mi of Amazon rainforest

Mongabay.com 8 Jun 2009

Oil or Death in the Amazon

Jennifer Jacobs 6 Jun 2009

Peruvian police kill 10 Indians in battle over Amazon oil drilling

Mongabay.com 6 Jun 2009

Bill Clinton speaks out for rainforests in Brazil

Jeremy Hance 3 Jun 2009

Tribes in Peru to get $0.68/acre for protecting Amazon forest

Mongabay.com 3 Jun 2009

Brazil’s plan to save the Amazon rainforest

Rhett Ayers Butler 2 Jun 2009

Brazil accounts for 74% of global land area protected since 2003

Mongabay.com 1 Jun 2009

Political infighting in Brazil threatens the Amazon rainforest

Mongabay.com 1 Jun 2009

Nike, Unilever, Burger King, IKEA may unwittingly contribute to Amazon destruction, says Greenpeace

Mongabay.com 1 Jun 2009

Destruction of Brazil’s most imperiled rainforest continues

Mongabay.com 31 May 2009

Conservation through commerce in Costa Rica

Rhett Ayers Butler 25 May 2009

Did Malaysia cancel plans for palm oil development in the Amazon?

Mongabay.com 21 May 2009

Chevron faces shareholder rebuke on claims by Amazon rainforest Indians

Mongabay.com 21 May 2009

Peru may take military action against Indians protesting Amazon energy development

Mongabay.com 19 May 2009

Brazil moves closer to legitimizing illegal land-grab in the Amazon

Mongabay.com 17 May 2009

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